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2023-2024学年浙江省温州市十校联合体高一(上)期中英语试卷
1.阅读理解
1.Thereisalwayssomethingthathappensintheworldthateveryonefearswillhappentotheirtown,cityo
rcountry:naturaldisasters.Thescariestpartofitisthatnoonewilleverseeitcoming.Thoughtechnologyhe
lpsusprepare,butitneveractuallytellsthepeoplewhenitsgoingtohit.Itisalwaysestimatedbuttheresul
tisnever100%accurate.
However,thatisnotthepointofthisarticle.Twodifferentnaturaldisastersintwodifferentpartsofthew
orldhavehappenedinthepastfewweeks.OnewasamajorfloodthathashitLouisianaintheUnitedStates.T
heotherwasanearthquakethathitAmatrice,Italy.However,thereisamajordifferenceinthenewscoverag
eofthetwotragedies.
AsforthefloodinginLouisiana,itisreportedthatthisdisasteristheworsttohittheUnitedStatessinc
eSuper-stormSandyanditllcostatleast$30million.Inonlythefirstcoupleofweeks,13peoplehaddied.
However,likeme,manypeopledidnothearaboutthistragicevent.Ididnotlearnaboutituntilaboutthre
eweeksafterithappened.
InItaly,however,itcoveredallmediainstantly.TheearthquakeinItalyhappenedonTuesdaymorning.Tha
tsameday,IwasonTwitterandthatwasallthatwasoverthenewsfeed.Everyotherpostwasabouttheeart
hquake.SomewouldhavetheopinionthatAmatrice,Italywasoneofthemostbeautifultownsinthatcountr
y.Igotindeepsorrowbecausethereweremorepeoplekilledinthisquakethantheflooding.Sofar,theyhav
eatotalof73deadandoveronehundredmissing.
IunderstandthattechnicallytheearthquakeinItalywasworsethanthefloodsinLouisiana.However,Ibel
ievethatifanaturaldisasterhappens,theyallshouldbeequallycoveredandtakenequallyseriously.Wear
eoneworldunitedandshouldbethereforallofthepeoplewhoareinneedofhelp.Wemayno
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